Bag-frame.



No. 851,421. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. G. HIERING & A. FULLER.

BAG FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 8,1908.

INVENTORS a a a 6 WITNESSES:

' bag frames and has for its object, an improvideCL- online m'of ig.1.

use of the structure illustrated in the accom- Unrrnn STATES Parana? orrron CHRISTIAN HIERING AND ALBERT FULLER,

or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

ASSIGNORS TO THE J. E. MERGOT'I COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME.

Patented April 23,1907.

To a whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN HIERING i and ALBERJT FULLER, citizens of the United States, residing in the city ofNewark, in the county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improveact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in proved method of securing the body of the bag, that is, the leather or fabric of which the body is" formed to the hinged bag frame roper.

Hitherto, it has been customary in the construction of bag frames to provide channeled sections into which the margin of the open part of the bag body is secured by means of filling plates held in position by means of rivets. Structures of this character are not only expensive to manufacture, but open to the objection that they are less rigid and more liable to distortion in actual 7 Our resent invention aims to overcome these dlfilCllltiGS while at the same time a very rigid and substantial frame com osed of a minimum number of arts and firrdiy securing the bag body to the frame proper, is

In carrying out our invention, we make panying drawings, in which:

Figure l is aside 'view" of a bag frame, .partlyin section, showing the bag body in position. Fi 2 is an enlar ed cross-section Fig. 3 illustrates a pers ective enlarged view of the marginal clip.

ig. 4 illustrates a cross-section ofa modification showing the bag frame and clips in position, and ig. 5 illustrates in crosssection, still another modification of the bag frame.

'Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawlugs.

The bag frame A is composed of the two hinged sections a, a, substantially P-shaped in cross-section, with the convex portion a and the plane poi'tion'a separated at the middle of the plane portion, and forming the hollow channels for the reception of the margins of the ba body as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. The bag body itself is cut to the shape of the members a, a and has along its margin, the clips B of general cylindrical shape with the serrated grippingedges secured to its edges b at intervalsthroughout its length as illustrated in Fig. 1. In asseme bling the bag frame and body, the convex portions of the frame members A are left. open as indicated in full lines in Fig. 5, the channeled openings being of SU'ifiClBIll] width to receive the margins of the bag body C,

with the clips B in osition, after which the convex portion of t 1e members are pressed down upon the plane portions of themembers so as to grip the margins of the bag body C with the clips B in the hollow portions of the bag frame members as illustrated in Fig. 2. In this way, the bag body is held firmly secured to the frame members without any liability to separate. The clips B, when gripped to the margin of the bag body serve as a bead along the margin, and when the frame is compressed into the shape illustrated in Fig. 2, the clips B 'lbck the bag body to the frame.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4,

we have shown the frame members of sub stantially the same cross-section as in Fig. 2,

but the members themselves are reversed,

., that is, the convex portions a. a of the members are in contact when the bag is closed instead of the plain fiat sides'a, a, of themembers as in Fig. 2. In this modification, we have also shown beaded indentations a along the lain or skirted sides of the bag frames. hey serve as an additional gripping means .in conjunction with the edge a of the convex portion, for more firmly gripping the margins of the body With the clips B enclosed as shown. It should be understood in this connection that the indented bead (1, may be applied to the other modifications for the same purpose. i

In Fig. 5, we have shown a slight modification of the cross-section of the bag frame member, for the purpose of providing a flat upper face a which in some cases-forms a more convenient surface for the attachment of the different kinds of means and also for the attachment of handle caps. The general purpose and function, however, of the semi-cylindrical ortion a" is the same andwhen bent into t e position indicated in dotted lines will grigthe margins of the bag body with their clips in the same manner as-that indicated in connection with Fig. 2. g

It will thus be seen that we have provided a novel and serviceable means forsecuring bers provided with ho lo'w channels, a bag body, and clips secured to the margin of saidthe bag frame to the body in such a way as to accom lish fully the results sought for,

namely, t at of firmly securing the bag body to the bag frame without the liability of their accidental separation ifi'ordi-nary or reasonable use. a I We claim: 4 1 p '1. A hand bag 'com rising hinged membag body, said margin and clips being insert ed within the channels of thehinged members and secured therein by closing the channeled openings of saidmembers. I 2; "A hand bag comprising hinged members provided with hollow channeled openings a bag body having metal clips secured to its -margins, said. bag body beingsecured Within said channeled openings by.closing the sanie over said clips.

3. A hand bag comprising a bag body having a series of metal ic cli s secured'to its margins to form marglna beads, lunged frame members having hollow channels there- 'in comprising a plane portion and a-concave portion, the margins of the. body being inserted within said channels which are closed over said clips and gripped to the said"margins of the bag body.

. 4. A hand bag comprising a bag body and a pair of channeled lunged frame members, .a series of metal clips secured to the margins of the body opening, said margins being secured within the channels of said frame members by compressing the edges of saidchannels together over the marginal clips ofthe I bag body. 5. Abag frame member comprising a metallic strip bent to form an open or channeled groove, substantially semi-cylindrical in cross-section with the edge of the plane side extending below the edge of the curved side.

6. A"bag frame member composed ofnachanneled metal strip semi-cylindrical in cross-section, the plane side of said stripextending below'the' curved side, the edge of said curved side being directedtowards said plane side to form a gripping means for securing the edge of the-bag bodj in position.

- 7. A bag frame member having a plane ortionand a'concave portion forming a holow open channel throu hout the length of the member, said' o en channel being adapt edto close u on'an grip' the margin of a bag body and a 'eaded' indentatio n running the entire length of the plane portion adjacent. to the open edge of the concave ortion.-

8. A bag frame member aving a plane portion and a concaveportion united toform an open channel, said concave portion being united to said plane portion by a flat face portion lying at right-angles to said first 

